Chapter 10 Self-Quiz

. Disagreements about values are not always about who is right and who is wrong, according to Isaiah Berlin. He says:

"Values can clash, that is why civilizations are incompatible."

"Justice yields to markets."

"No culture's ethics are better than any other's."

"Moral judgment is a kind of coinage valid only in its country of origin."

"Values are soft and unspoken."

. What is Appiah's opinion of "cultural imperialism"?

Americans export too many English-language movies to France.

Western media overpowers local media and drowns it out.

Traditional cultures are changed in damaging ways by Western media.

People are not "blank slates" to be overwritten by Western culture.

We should try to protect the purity of other cultures.

. What is Appiah's point about authentic culture?

More authentic cultural practices are more valuable and should be preserved.

Dumping cheap Western clothes into the market means that people cannot afford their own traditional attire.

Most people are not that interested in their own culture's authentic traditions.

It is hard to say what is "authentic" because cultures have always blended with and influenced each other.

It is hard to say what is "authentic" because so much has been forgotten.

. Moral clarity "often blurs" when we do what, according to Donaldson?

Go to another country

Read an anthropology textbook

Go to an esoteric sports game

Visit the Olympics

Fall in love with someone we know we shouldn't

. Cultural relativism must be content that there are no __________ ethical guidelines.

International

intergender

interracial

interdicting

None of the above

. The "hard truths" that Donaldson contends must guide all managers' moral compasses are termed:

Moral guidelines

Core human values

Moral agents

Ethical imperatives

Dogmatic principles

. Absolutism in ethics is the view that:

A company must consider its ethical code as an absolute, not negotiable.

Different cultures must be respected.

There is one set of ethical truths that call for the same behavior anywhere in the world.

The host country's ethics must overrule any other considerations.

Core human values must be respected, come what may.

. Silent complicity is:

Failing to fulfill a positive duty to help protect others

Failing to fulfill a negative duty to avoid harming others

Failing to fulfill a passive duty to avoid harming others

Failing to realize that you have a duty to protect others

Failing to realize that you are actively harming others

. Wettstein says that we all have a passive negative duty to do no harm, as long as one condition has been met, which is:

Connection

Legitimization

Voluntariness

Silence

Influence

. The legitimization requirement means:

The company has verified that there is a legitimate human rights violation.

The company's silence is taken as an endorsement of the human rights violation.

The company is legally and morally allowed to do business in a country.

The company's protests against the violation legitimize its presence in the country.

The company has a reputation for being honest and legitimate.

. Which of these concerns is NOT addressed in the U.N.'s Global Compact?

Preventing child labor

Protecting collective bargaining

Environmentally friendly technology

Eliminating corruption and bribery

Paying a fair living wage

. Noonan points out that bribing has historically been what?

Socially disapproved

Accepted

Needed

Wanted

A cause of war

. One of Noonan's points is that there is a fundamental distinction between a bribe and:

Justice

"Kissing up"

A gift

A weapon

None of the above

. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act applies to:

All companies in the world

American companies

Companies doing business or trading in the United States

Companies that have been caught offering bribes in the past

Both (b) and (c)

. Which of the following is not a reason Arnold and Bowie cite for why multi-national enterprises should pay employees enough to satisfy basic needs?

Doing so provides them with opportunities for moral development

Doing so will benefit the local economy

Doing so allows for the cultivation of self-esteem

Doing so ensures the physical wellbeing and independence of employees

Doing so contributes to the development of their rational capacities

. According to Arnold and Bowie, using coercion to compel employees to work overtime is wrong because

It causes unnecessary suffering

It causes inequality

It is tantamount to treating employees as mere tools

It is tantamount to stealing from them

All of the above

. What is the Confucian opinion of contracts?

They are morally wrong.

They are morally binding.

They are useless and unnecessary.

It is better to rely on a relationship of trust.

It is better to do business on an informal basis.

. Berlin thinks it a rare thing for civilizations' values to clash.

TRUE

FALSE

. Almost all cultures arose from integrating older ones.

TRUE

FALSE

. Donaldson believes that we should resolve ethical dilemmas by following the rules of the country we are in.

TRUE

FALSE

. Ethical absolutism would set one standard for behavior, regardless of global context.

TRUE

FALSE

. A negative duty means a duty to do something even though it has negative consequences.

TRUE

FALSE

. Wettstein believes that Ken Saro-Wiwa was guilty of murder.

TRUE

FALSE

. There is a double, even contradictory, message regarding bribery in religion, as Noonan sees it.

TRUE

FALSE

. The FCPA is an act intended to forestall certain payments from government officials to corporations.

TRUE

FALSE

. According to Arnold and Bowie, one of the most common workplace hazards in sweatshops is fire.

TRUE

FALSE

. According to Arnold and Bowie, workers in sweatshops must be paid enough money in a 35-hour work week to pay for basic food and non-food necessities.

TRUE

FALSE

. Confucians believe that one should be willing to learn from anyone, even a madman.

TRUE

FALSE

. A Confucian should repay an injury with a good turn.

TRUE

FALSE

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